Upland, IN 46989 Frost Dates
Upland, IN: when does the frost end?
The last spring frost here typically falls around 04/26, about 241 days from today. Fall's first freeze usually shows up around 10/20, roughly 175 days after the last spring frost.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Upland in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
Stretching the season past the first frost
With roughly 8 weeks until Upland's first fall frost, a row cover or cold frame is what stretches the last few weeks of harvest here.
The actual range around Upland's last frost
04/26 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Getting tender plants in by 04/11 carries real risk, frost has hit that late in about 9 of 10 years here. Wait until 05/12 and only about 1 year in 10 sees frost after that.
Upland against the rest of the dataset
About 175 days separate Upland's last and first frost, putting it 26,903 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within IN, it ranks 631 of 927.
Learn more
Before leaning on 46989's figures: zone vs. frost date explains why Zone 6a and Upland's frost date answer different questions, while the frost range explains how to read the range around Upland's dates instead of trusting one.